Idigbo | Black Afara Wood(Terminalia ivorensis)
West African Idigbo Timber is a yellow-brown coloured hardwood. It is commonly used as an inexpensive alternative to Oak due to its likeness when stained the same colour.. This Specie Can be produced and shipped in Saw logs, Peeled Logs, Square edged timber, Round edged timber, Flooring boards, Finishing boards, Unedged boards, Square logs, Decking boards, Parquet floors, Floor planks, Wall coverings(Veneers Sheets), Plywood, Roof coverings, Rattan, Sleepers, Polls and proprietary grade hardwood products of both finish and unfinished.
Idigbo Wood Specie
- Common Name(s): - Idigbo, Black Afara
- Scientific Name: - Terminalia ivorensis
- Distribution: - Tropical Africa; also grown on plantations
- Tree Size: - 100-150 ft (30-46 m) tall, 3-5 ft (1-1.5 m) trunk diameter
- Average Dried Weight: - 33 lbs/ft3 (530 kg/m3)
- Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): - .43, .53
- Janka Hardness: - 850 lbf (3,760 N)
- Modulus of Rupture: - 12,000 lbf/in2 (82.8 MPa)
- Elastic Modulus: - 1,355,000 lbf/in2 (9.35 GPa)
- Crushing Strength: - 6,670 lbf/in2 (46.0 MPa)
- Shrinkage: - Radial: 3.5%, Tangential: 5.2%, Volumetric: 9.0%, T/R Ratio: 1.5
- Availability: - Highly Available
- Restrictions: - No
ALL ABOUT IDIGBO WOOD
- Color/Appearance: - Idigbo's heartwood is pale yellow-brown, showing a zonal figure originating in the growth rings – like plain oak – and sometimes with a light pinkish cast. The grain is straight to slightly irregular or interlocked. The texture is medium to fairly coarse and uneven. The weight is variable owing to the prevalence of light-weight brittleheart in the inner core-wood; also liable to thunder shakes.
- Grain/Texture: -
- Endgrain: - Diffuse-porous; very large pores in no specific arrangement, very few to few; solitary and radial multiples of 2-3; tyloses occasionally present; growth rings distinct due to increased pore frequency in earlywood zone; narrow to medium rays may be just visible without lens, spacing normal; parenchyma vasicentric and winged.
- Rot Resistance: - Idigbo's sapwood is liable to attack by powder post beetle. Moderately resistant to termites. The heartwood is durable and extremely resistant to preservative treatment; the sapwood is moderately resistant.
- Workability: - Ordering Idigbo Timber cut to size from Africa means receiving wood which is easy to work, with great nailing and gluing properties. Idigbo both turns and finishes well, and dries rapidly with very little degradation. Its heartwood is durable, and relatively resistant to termites, though the sapwood is vulnerable to the powder-post beetle. There is a high risk of irregular grain within West African Idigbo and so there is an increased risk of movement.
- Odor: - No Charateristics Odor
- Allergies/Toxicity: - Although severe reactions are quite uncommon, Idigbo has been reported to cause skin and respiratory irritation. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Safety for more information.
- Pricing/Availability: - Moderate Prices
- Sustainability: - This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices, but is on the IUCN Red List. It is listed as vulnerable due to a population reduction of over 20% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in its natural range, and exploitation.
- Common Uses: - Used in furniture and high-class joinery for interior and exterior work, and general carpentry and joinery and construction work. Rotary cut material is used for plywood manufacture and sliced for decorative veneers for panelling. It should not be used in damp conditions due to natural staining properties if in contact with iron compounds.
- Comments: - Idigbo contains a water-soluble yellow dye that can leach out when the wood becomes wet.
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